Posts filed under 'Documentary/History'
THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “The work of photographer Jo-Anne McArthur drives this film about the marginalized role of animals in modern society. Her images capture animals used for food, product testing, clothing and more to reveal the sentience of these nonhuman beings.”
11/3/13- Early reviews by audiences are very positive but the few professional reviews I’ve seen are poor. TRDB.
11/8/13- A good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 3rd, 2013
AT BERKELEY- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Documentarian Frederick Wiseman turns his cameras on one of America’s best-known schools to expose tensions over rising tuition and slashed budgets. University leaders discuss the crisis as the film captures protests and the effects of cutbacks.”
11/3/13- Excellent reviews for this documentary that is over 4 hours. TRDB.
11/8/13- A very good review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 3rd, 2013
THESE BIRDS WALK- 2012. Synopsis by Netflix. “This inspiring documentary profiles both legendary humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi and a young boy named Omar, who has fled his abusive family. Living at one of Edhi’s orphanages in Karachi, Pakistan, Omar attempts to find safety and peace.”
11/1/13- Very good reviews from everybody including the one in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 2nd, 2013
RUNNING FROM CRAZY- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Plagued by her family’s history of mental illness, including the suicides of her uncle Ernest and her sister Margaux, actress Mariel Hemingway becomes an advocate for suicide prevention and strives to find balance in her life.”
11/1/13- A good review in today’s NY Times but mixed reviews in general. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 2nd, 2013
THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY-2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Weaving together four stories of people living in different Chinese provinces, this drama follows a miner protesting corruption, a migrant worker with a gun, a factory drone always drifting to a new job and a receptionist who’s been assaulted.”
10/4/13- Excellent reviews all around. The NY Times liked this movie very much and so did audiences. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 2nd, 2013
ONE PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Highlights the journalistic standards of Walter Cronkite and the challenges he and other news people faced in gathering and delivering the news of the JFK assassination.”
11/1/13- Poor reviews in general including the one in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 2nd, 2013
MUSICWOOD- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Alarmed by the logging of the Sitka spruce wood their craft depends on, a group of professional guitar makers travels to Alaska to save the trees. Their cause is complicated by the fact that American Indians hold timber rights to the lands at issue.”
11/1/13- This movie got a very good review in today’s NY Times. Audiences have liked it very much also. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 2nd, 2013
FOLLOWING THE NINTH- 2013. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. ” FOLLOWING THE NINTH is an inspirational film about Beethoven’s Choral Symphony, its majestic power to liberate us, to shield us against suffering, to provide hope and resilience during dark times. Filmed on five continents and in 12 countries, FOLLOWING THE NINTH is the story of four lives that have been transformed and repaired by the music, expressed most vividly in the prophecy of the Ode to Joy: “Alle Menschen werden Brüder”(All Men Will Be Brothers).”
11/1/13- I’ve seen just 2 reviews, both good, including the review in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
November 2nd, 2013
BEHIND THE BLUE VEIL- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “As outside forces threaten the Tuareg’s 2,000-year roam across the Sahara, a chief’s son uses unusual methods to preserve their way of life. This documentary examines the Tuareg’s plight and how one man’s quest may turn the tide.”
11/1/13- A good review in today’s NY Times but one critic said that this movie would play better as a 1 hour T.V. documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary, Foreign
November 2nd, 2013
I AM DIVINE- 2013. Synopsis by Netflix. “Get an inside look at the captivating story of Divine, aka Harris Glenn Milstead, who grew up as a chubby bullied Baltimore kid and rose to become filmmaker John Waters’s muse and an internationally celebrated drag superstar.”
10/25/13- Good reviews all around including the one in today’s NY Times. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
October 29th, 2013
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